text: Producers are basically the managers of the creative industries. In film and TV that's about things like convincing financiers to pick up a script, deciding the shooting schedule, booking locations, HR work with the crew and cast, managing production/renting of equipment, props, costumes... everything that has to happen before you're ready to point a camera at someone, and to keep that stuff flowing smoothly until post-production is done and the product can go out to the audience. Although it's aimed at video game producers, [this Extra Credits video](_URL_0_) does give a look at production work in fairly simple terms.